Kitchen cabinet



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I. WASHINGTON.

KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 591,440. Patented Oct. 12,1897.

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F. WASHINGTON.

KITCHEN CABINET.

Patented Oct. 12,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFF-Ion.

vFORTUNE VVASHINGTONLOF QOLCHESTER, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF-ONE- HALF TO` AMBROSE CUBA, OF SAME PLACE.

KITCHEN- SPECIFICATION forming parti-f Letters Patent N6. 591,440,01ated october 12, 1897.

Application filed April 2 2 1 89 7.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LIFORTUNE WASHING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colchester, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Kitchen-Cabinet, of which the f ollowing is a specication.

its object being to provide a' simple, cheap, and efficient device of this character which will .contain in one piece several of the accessories of a kitchen.

The invention consists in the several details of construction, combination, and arrangement ofthe several parts hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective l view looking at one side and end of the cabinet. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the opposite side and end of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4is a vertical transverse section. Y

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts of the several figures. j

The cabinet is indicated byvl, and is provided on one side with a cupboard 2, suitable for the reception of dishes, &c., a clipboard 3, suitable for the reception ot' table-linen, and a drawer 4 for the reception of knives, forks, spoons, &c. The cupboard 2 extends entirely across the cabinet, but the cupboard 3 and drawer 4 extend only about half-way across.

.The upper part of the cabinet is provided with two horizontal dividing-walls arranged below its top 5 and indicated by 6 and 7, respectively. Two chambers 8 and 9 are thus Y formed, the iirst between the top 5 and the wall 6 and the other between the two walls 6 and 7. InI the upper chamber 8 arevtwo guide-rails 10, between which the ironingboard 11 is guided. This ironing-board is provided with a transverse strip 12 at its rear end, which rests upon the dividing-wall 6,and the cabinet is provided with a recess 1'3, through which the ironing board slides. Lugs 14, substantially equal in thickness to the strip 12, are secured on the dividing-wall 6 and are adapted to be engaged by the strip 12 to prevent the board 11 being entirely withdrawn. The recess 13 is closed with'a use.

Serial No. 633,282. (No model.)

hinged lid 15 when the ironing-board is wit-hin the Cabinet. .The ironing-board is provided with a y finger-piece ,16 to facilitate its withdrawal from the cabinet. A chamber 17 is formed in thelower portion of the cabinet,^in Awhich the lower horizontal guide-arm 18 of a vertical support 19 slides, whileitsupper This invention relates to kitchen-cabinets,

The ironing-board is thus firmly supportedv and held against lateral movement when in ,24 indicates a rod adapted to slide in ways in the chamber 8 and out through an opening 26 in thev end wall of the cabinet.4 A stop 27 is provided at the end otjthe rod to engage the end of a projection 2S on the way 25. This rod Vis intended to support a dish-cloth 29 indicates a clothes-rack on which to hang clothes after being ironed. It consists of a Aserieshof parallel bars 30, sliding in ways 31 in the chamber 9 and through openings 32 in the end of the cabinet. The bars are connected at their outer ends by a cross-bar 33, which is supported by. two vertical standards 34, from the lower ends of which the guidelarms 35 extend and slide in ways 36 in the chamber 17. The lower ends of the standards are connected by a cross-bar 37, and a firm support is thus aitorded for the outer end of the clothes-rack. t

38 represents a chamber formed in the cabinet immediately back ofthe clipboard-3 and drawer 4. This chamber is intended to receive a churn 39 and is provided with transverse bars 40, 41, 42, and 43 intermediate its upper and lower ends. To the bars 40 and 41 are rmly secured bearings 44 for the vertical shaft 45, and this shaft is designed to couple, at its lower end, to the upper end of the shaft 46 of the churn-dash'er 47. The bars 42 and 43 support bearings 48, in which the horizontal shaft 49 is journaled. The

adjacent ends of the shafts and 49 `carry,

49 to the shaft 45. The shaft 49 projects beyond the outer face of the cabinet and is adapted to receive the crank-handle 50, which may be removably attached thereto. The lower part of the front opening of the chamber 3S is closed by a hinged door 5l and the upper portion by a shutter 52, adapted to rest upon the upper end of the door 5l and provided with openings 53 and 54, the latter admitting the passage of'the shaft 49 and the other two openings receiving pins 55, which project outwardly from the bar 43. The shutter and door, respectively, are movable independently and are locked in closed position by buttons 5G and 57. The shutter is provided with twoA buttons 58 to afford fingerholds when it is necessary to remove it to gain access to the upper portion of the chamber.

Then it is desired to churn, the churn is placed in the chamber 38 and the vertical shaft- 45 is coupled to the shaft of the churndasher, after which the front opening ot the chamber is closed by the shutter 52 and door 5l, and the crank-handle 50n is secured on the shaft 49, and the parts are then ready for the churning to proceed.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing` from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim isl. A kitchen-cabinet provided with a chamber having an open front and adapted to receive a churn, transverse bars supported within the chamber intermediate its upper and lower ends, bearings on said bars, a vertical shaft and a horizontal shaft journaled in the respective bearings and provided with meshing bevel-gears, the vertical shaft being adapted to be detachably connected to the shaft of the churn-dasher, and the horizontal shaft extending through the open front of the chamber, pins on one of said bars projecting through the open front of the chamber, a hinged door to close the front opening below the transverse bars, a shutter to close the remainder of said front opening, said shutter having openings for the reception of the horizontal shaft and the said pins, dev vices to lock the shutter and the door in their closed positions, and a crank-handle removably connected to the outer end of the horizontal shaft, substantially as described.

2. A kitchen cabinet provided with a chamber at its upper end, ways in said chamber,an ironing-board adapted to slide between said ways in the chamber and through an opening in the wall of the cabinet, said board being provided with a recess in its lower face, a standard provided with laterally-proj cctiu g guide-arms, said arms sliding in ways within the cabinet, and a lug or pin on the upper end of the standard adapted to lit in the said recess in the ironing-board, substantially as described.

3. A kitchen-cabinet provided with chambers at its upper and lower end, a clothesrack consisting ot a series of parallel bars supported within the upper chamber and adapted to slide through openings in the wall of the cabinet, a cross-bar connecting the outer ends of said parallel bars, spaced standards connected at their upper ends to the said cross-bar and having their lower ends connected by a cross-brace, and guide-arms projecting horizontally from the said standards through openings in the wall of the cabinet into the lower chamber, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

FORTUNE IVASIIINGTON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE CUBA, GEO. C. KRATZEP.. 

